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Kolkata, Nov 17: Bollywood beauties Bipasha Basu, Sushmita Sen and Rani Mukherjee were among renowned women actresses felicitated Sunday at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival which came to an end with a celebration of women's power.

Veteran actress Mousumi Chatterjee and leading Bengali film heroine Koel Mullick completed the list of "pancha kanya" (five daughters) feted by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the star-studded closing ceremony of the eight-day festival.

Before a packed Science City auditorium audience, Banerjee presented the actresses -- all of whom either reside or have their roots.

Kolkata, Nov 6: Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan and yesteryear's actress Sharmila Tagore will inaugurate the 17th Kolkata Film Festival (Kff) starting Nov 10, the organiser's said.

Veteran actress Supriya Devi will be the guest of honour at the inaugural.

Bengali movie star Koel Mullick will be the thali girl for the opening, her father and Kff chairperson actor Ranjit Mullick said here.

'The opening film will be 'The Magican' by Holland's Joram Lursen,' he added.

There are many firsts attached to 17th Kff - for the first time, the eight-day fest, concluding Nov 17, would have a competitive.

Popular Bengali film actress Koel Mullick is all set to make her television debut in Star Jalsa’s show ‘Katha o Kahini’.

Koel will be seen hosting the show, which is produced by Tollywood superstar Jeet.

Katha O Kahani is a talk show where the guests are encouraged to express themselves and share their untold stories of pain, struggle, trials and tribulations in life.

Stories of love, betrayal and other relationship issues with an attempt to provide support and encourage a free flowing dialogue towards resolution will be the constant endeavor on ‘Katha O Kahini’. It aims to help ascertain the real causes.